Holder for lace curtains and window-shades.



W. STUCK & W, F. BOSDORPER. HOLDER FOB LACE CURTAINS AND WINDOW SHADES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. e, 1903.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

HIE-NORRIS Pn nls co., WASHINGYON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM STUCK AND WILLIAM F. BOSDORFER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN C. MoOLOSKEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

HOLDER FOR LACE CURTAINS AND WINDOW-SHADES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1908.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 419,594.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, WILLIAM STUCK and WILLIAM F. Bosnonrnn, cltizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in i the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Lace Curtains and Window-Shades, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined window shade and curtain support; and the object of the invention is to provide a single means to be attached to the window casing on which the shade and curtain brackets are attached; the arrangement of parts being such that the brackets for both the shades and curtains can be laterally adjusted or separated to accommodate windows of different widths. I

A further object of the invention consists in providing a single means for attaching shade and curtain brackets whereby adjustment of the curtain retaining brackets is made possible so that the curtains may be hung the desired distance in advance of the shades.

WVe accomplish the objects of our inven- In the drawings, 1 re resents the support-- ing member to which t e shade and curtain brackets are attached, and consists, rimarily, of a thin strip composed either of wood or metal. The member 1 is attached to the horizontal portion of the casing above the window by means of screws that pass through the screw-holes 2, 2. The member 1 may be finished to harmonize with the interior woodwork of the room in which it is em loyed. The member 1 is provided at each enc with a pair of parallel grooves 4 and 5 which are cut 1nto the outer surface thereof. The grooves 4 provide waysor guides to receive and retain the shade brackets, while the grooves 5 erform a similar function for the curtain rackets.

7 represents the shade brackets which are similar to the well known Hartshorn shade bracket, except that they are provided with extremely long right angle extending feet 8. The feet 8 snugly lit the grooves 4 in cross section and each are provided with a longitudinally extending slot 9, through which the bolts 10 extend. The bolts 10 are firmly held within the member 1, while the projecting ends are provided with the thumb-nuts, 12, whereby the adjustment and locking of the shade brackets 7 is made possible.

The curtain brackets consist of two members 16 and 17, arranged against each other in an adjustable manner. The base members 16 of these brackets are L-shaped, thereby providing right angularly extending feet 19, similar to the feet 8 on the shade brackets 7, and fit within the grooves 5 in the same manner as do the brackets 7 in the grooves 4. The feet 19 are each provided with a longitudinal slot 20, through which the bolts 21 pass and by means of the thumbnuts 22 the brackets may be adjusted and then secured in the desired position upon the supporting member 1. The member 17 of the curtain brackets provide the means for lengthening them so that the curtains may be made to hang clear of the shades. The adjustability of the curtain brackets is attained by providing each of the base members 16 with a slot 25. Wing-nuts 26 pass through the slots 25 and into the members 17 so that the two may be secured together when the proper adjustment has been made. In order to prevent the projecting ends of the members 17 from drooping when the curtains have been placed into position, we rovide these members with the longitu inal slots 28, adapted to receive the lugs 29 which are formed on the bodies of the base members 16. These lugs may have their ends flattened to form the heads 30 so as to prevent accidental separation of the members 16 and 17. The members 17 of the curtain brackets terminate at their outer ends in the hooks 31 which receive the curtain poles, not shown.

Having thus fully described our said invention, what we desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A combined shade and curtain su port comprising a base-plate provided at each end with a plurality of parallel grooves, a pair of L-shaped shade retaining brackets slidingly arranged within the lower grooves in said base-plate, said brackets being provided with longitudinal slots, clamping means for securing said brackets to the base plate, a pair of L-shaped curtain bracket base members slidingly arranged in the upper rooves in said base-plate, said curtain brac ets being rovided in their base portions with longitu inal slots, clamping means for securing said curtain bracket base members to the base-plate, the projecting portions of said base members being provided with longitudinal slots, extension members for the curtain bracket base members provided with longitudinal slots, said members ada ted to lie against the proj ecting portions oi the curtain bracket base members, means on the curtain bracket base members ada ted to engage the extension members, an clamping devices ada ted to secure the extension members and t e curtain bracket base members together.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 6th day of January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WILLIAM STUCK. [L s.] WILLIAM F. sosnoarna. LL. s.]

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. MINTURN,

F. W. WOERNER. 

